Women's Cross Country

INDIANAPOLIS – The UMBC women's
cross country team received a Public Recognition Award for its
Academic Progress Rate (APR) from the NCAA, the organization
announced late last week.

The squad received the award because it was in the top
10-percent of all NCAA Division I squads with respect to progress
rate in the classroom. The Retrievers received a perfect
score of 1,000 as each of the athletes on scholarship were eligible
and either graduated or were on track to graduate
academically.

"That is the expectation for each of the athletes to continue to
progress," said cross country head coach Matt
Gitterman. "This is a good reflection that they're
doing what they need to be doing in the classroom."

This year 954 teams were publically recognized by the NCAA for
high achievement, represented by 560 women's teams and 394 men's or
mixed teams.

Top performing APR's this year ranged from 978 to a perfect
1,000, with the majority of teams earning a perfect
APR. The number of teams in some sports may exceed
10-percent depending on the number of perfect scores.